Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-03-09
NEWS IN BRIEF.


-Speculators in stocks will find this
a good time to stand from under.
Illinois. it Is stated. has no debt
and $500, 600 in the State Treasury.
The New Year moves briskly along,
like the general business Of the country.
ALI the world is listening for the
frs. gun that will tell OF Europe's war.
Salt River Valley, A. r., is receiy-
ing large number of settlers from the
East.
st. Paul has invested this year In
new buildings s9,6jS, ,G92. That looks
healthy.
The value Of new gold received a.
the Denver, Col, Lint in 1885 was ST.
444, 700.
If the Government would furnish
signals of financial storms we would all
be happy.
Montana is reported to be out of
debt, and has $4,000 in the State
Treasury.
The debt IF Pennsylvania IS ST.
25s. .9S2-a reduction IN four years Of
s., ,966. l01.
An artesiau well at st. Augustine,
Fla, throws up 100000 gallons OF
sulphur water daily.
The dog, according to a recent &C.
eision given in Cincinnati Court, i,
not domestic animal"
Reading r. r. Co.'s affairs are AZ
complicated as ever; their liabiIltIe,
last year increased 1884. .6O4.
AN Indian reservation IN North
Carolina is said to cover 5000 acres.
on which reside 5000 Cherokees.
Don't keep the shutters up too long
taking stock" the country is wider
awake than usual this year OF 1887.
Lee Wlnnemucca, keir to the Piute
Ich!eftainship, Is In san Francisco to
consult an cculist. He is totally blind.
The Mayor OF Brockton, Mass, has
removed the wholo Board OF Health OF
that place for alleged extravaganza.
etc.
A ship BROKER in New York, it i.
stated, has list OF III English steam
vessels which the owners are anxious te
sell.
Twelve million dollars put into new
buildings IN Boston last year indlcatess
toerabiy vigorous growth Of the old
town,
-Toboggan slides without snow are
getting TO be numerous. Snow fol
some OF these is brought long distance
by rail.
1t Is said there are plenty Of Silver
Certificates, and yet lots of merchants
complain because they cannot get hold
Of them.
About $50, 900 barrels of apple,
were shipped for export from New York
last year. The trade is steadily in.
creasing.
"A marsh near Cape May, n. J., j.
being searched for Capt. Kidd's sup
posed buried treasures by some people
Of that city.
The word sits" IS said not to occur
at all in the King James translation OF
the Bible and but three or four times ir
Shakespeare.
"A large, full.grown seal was shot
IN Staten Island Sound, off the Lehigh
Navigation Company's coal docks
Elizabethport, y. J.
California last year shipped east
l5,tOO tons of grapes. II freight. will
justify 1t, double that amount will
reach US another year.
A ''ghost bell'' that rings itself iss
sen alton on the Thetis, lying at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard. Application la.
been made for new bell fOr the vessel,
1t is said.
"A copyist in the Interior Depart.
ment offices is ''the very coun.erpartr
Of Mrs. Grover Cleveland, il IS s, ated.
and has on numerous occasions beer
mistaken for her.
"A farmer living near Dayton, Ohio.
IS said not to have spoken a word ii
MS wife. nor she 20 him, during tie
past 70 years. owing to quarrel they
had over child at tha. time.
Alexander Johnstone, OF Langholm
Damtriesshire, lately deceased, was the
Oldest Free Mason in Great Britain.
He was 93 years old, and had belonged
to the craft for more than II years.
johnny, 1 have discovered that
you have taken more maple sugar than
L gave you." "YeS, grandma; I'yy
been making believe there was another
little boy spending the day with me.n
"A tunnel twelve miles long is to be
run In Nevada county, California, fol-
the purpose Of draining certain mine.
in that section. a company with 81.
DOC, 900 capital has been formed 10 dc
the work.
An Illinois woman probably owe,
her life to an GnceremoniouS tossing
into a snowdrift, which she was giyea
recently, by party Of neighbor. Her
clothing bad caught fire and they took
this means Of extinguishing the flames.
1t is noticeable, says local reports,
that many OF the inmates in the town
OF Hampstead, l.. l., as well as many
persons who receive relief from the
town, are impoverished by the opium
habit.
Tho Chinese Government are
stated to have ordered two captive bal
looms from Paris, and have provided
for practical aeronauts and proper ma
chinery for manufacturing hydrogen
gas.
"A citizen of Mount Vernon, n. Y,
has sued that village for $4,000 DAM
ages. The complaint sets forth that an
open sewer pollutes the neighborhood
where he resides, and renders life IN
bearable.
"A bed Of cream and white colored
marble has been discovered just in the
edge Of Rome. Ga. A company has
been formed to develop the marble,
which is there In almost exhaustless
quantities
"A white otter, sc inches long
twelve inches longer than the common
brown otter-and said to be the first
one of the kind ever seen in this eoun-
try, has been received by New York
furrier. 1t is from Hudson's Bay.
"A California correspondent de-
scribes grape vine growing in Santa
Barbara county, which IS 63 years old,
and which produces annually from TO-
900 10 - OO0 pounds Z of cranes MANY Of